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单词 steatornis
释义 steatornis|stiːəˈtɔːnɪs|
[mod.L. (Humboldt 1814), f. Gr. στεατ-, στέαρ fat + ὄρνις bird.]
A bird of the species Steatornis caripensis, the type and only representative of the family Steatornithidæ; the guacharo or oil-bird of South America.
1818Helen M. Williams tr. Humboldt's Trav. III. iii. vii. 125 The guacharo is of the size of our fowls... I have noted it under the name of steatornis.1895Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 776 Steatornis breeds by the hundreds in the vast gloomy caves.
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